This comprehensive 2018 Market Research Report is an in-depth evaluation of the Publishing (except Internet) industry in the United States.

Kentley Insights' Market Research Reports are based on millions of annual comprehensive business surveys. This report is utilized for a range of strategic purposes, including benchmarking, due diligence, cost cutting, planning, evaluating opportunities, forecasting, streamlining, and gap analysis. This report is loaded with over 100 insightful data sets, such historical and forecasted industry sales, operating expense details, product line breakdown, financial ratios, benchmarks, wages, profitability, organizational analysis, revenue per employee, state statistics, price inflation, consolidation analysis, firm dynamics, pay ranges for different roles, firm size data, employment, and much more.

Industries in the Publishing Industries (except Internet) subsector group establishments engaged in the publishing of newspapers, magazines, other periodicals, and books, as well as directory and mailing list and software publishing. In general, these establishments, which are known as publishers, issue copies of works for which they usually possess copyright. Works may be in one or more formats including traditional print form, CD-RO Moor proprietary electronic networks. Publishers may publish works originally created by others for which they have obtained the rights and/or works that they have created in-house. Software publishing is included here because the activity, creation of a copyrighted product and bringing it to market, is equivalent to the creation process for other types of intellectual products.

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Also, check out some select highlights from this particular report on the Publishing (except Internet) industry:

INDUSTRY SIZE & ATTRACTIVENESS

In 2017, industry sales were $337.1 billionBuy now for historical and forecasted market size

INDUSTRY GROWTH

Over the past 3 years, the industry has grown at an annual rate of 4.0%Buy now for historical, annual and forecasted growth rates

COMPANY GROWTH

There are 19,486 companies in the industry Learn more about the historical and forecasted industry composition

SALES PER COMPANY

In 2017, the average sales per company was $17.3 millionBuy now for historical and forecasted sales per company

INFLATION & PRICING

2018 forecasted inflation is 0.8%Buy now for historical industry inflation and the 5-year forecast

COMPANY SIZE BENCHMARKS

From 2012 to 2017, the number of companies with 20-99 employees declined -3%Discover many more insights by size of company

PROFITABILITY

For unprofitable companies, the average net loss is -17.5% Buy now to learn more about profitability dynamics

FINANCIAL RATIO BENCHMARKS

Companies in the industry average a Fixed Asset Turnover ratio of 3.4Benchmark nine other important financial ratios

RIGHTSIZING ANALYSIS

Employee productivity is $365,884Buy now for historical and forecasted employee productivity

EXPENSE BENCHMARKING

3% of expenses is spent on health insuranceBenchmark against 24 other expense categories

OPERATING EXPENSES

In 2017, industry operating expenses grew 5.8%Buy now for historical and forecasted OPEX

PAYROLL

In 2017, payroll per employee was $89,058Get the full picture with historicals and the 2018 and 5-year forecasts

PAYROLL BY STATE

California averages $171,641 in payroll per employeeBuy now for payroll stats on other states

JOB CATEGORIZATION BENCHMARKS

9.7% of employees in the industry are in management positionsBenchmark against 13 other job categories

JOB CATEGORIZATION PAY RANGES

The average industry hourly pay for office and administrative jobs is $19.83Buy now for the bottom 10%, 25%, average, top 75% and 90% pay ranges in 14 job categories

The above highlights represent a small fraction of what you will find in this report.

Page 1-2 - Report Overview

Page 3 - Industry Overview

Methodology

Industry Definition & Examples

Page 4 - Industry Snapshot - Revenue & Growth

Page 5 - Industry Snapshot - Costs & Profitability

Section One

REVENUE & GROWTH BENCHMARKS

Page 7 - Industry Growth Details

Industry Revenues

Firms

Establishments

2009-2017 Historical Figures

Forecasts 2018 and the Next 5 Years

Page 8 - Growth Benchmarks

Revenues per Firm

Revenues per Establishment

Establishments per Firm

2009-2017 Historical Figures

Forecasts 2018 and the Next 5 Years

Page 9 - Breakdown of Product Lines

Percentage of Revenue from Product Lines

2009 versus 2015

Page 10 - Product Line Growth

5 Year CAGR

Page 11 - Services Subsector Growth

Sales and 5 Year CAGR

Page 12 - Income vs. Revenue Growth Matrix

Service Subsectors vs. Industry

Page 13 - Sales per Capita by State

Sales per Capita and State Rankings

Page 14 - Sales as a Percent of Income by State

Sales as a % of Income and State Rankings

Page 15 - Sales per Establishment by State

Sales per Establishment and State Rankings

Page 16 - Pricing & Inflation

Annual Inflation - Indexed to 2006

2009-2017 Historical Figures

Forecasts 2018 and the Next 5 Years

Monthly Inflation Figures for the Past 3 Years

Page 17 - Consolidation Analysis

Number of Firms by Size of Firm

Number of Establishments by Size of Firm

Establishments per Firm by Size of Firm

2012 versus 2017

Page 18 - Employment by Firm Size

Number of Employees by Firm Size

Employees per Firm by Size of Firm

Employees per Establishment by Size of Firm

2012 versus 2017

Page 19 - Services Subsector Consolidation Analysis

Number of Firms

Number of Establishments

3 Year CAGR

Page 20 - Services Subsector Consolidation Analysis

Establishments per Firm

Employees per Firm

3 Year CAGR

Section Two

COST, CAPITAL & PROFIT BENCHMARKS

Page 22 - Profitability & Financial Ratio Analysis

Percent of Companies that are Profitable

Average Net Income as a Percent of Revenue

Financial Ratios - 10 ratios, such as Total Asset

Turnover, Assets to Liabilities, Return on

Net Worth, Solvency Ratio

Page 23 - Operating Expenses

Industry Operating Expenses

Industry Revenue vs. Operating Expense Growth

Operating Expense as a Percent of Revenue

2009-2017 Historical Figures

Forecasts 2018 and the Next 5 Years

Page 24 - Operating Expenses by Firm & Establishment

Operating Expenses per Firm

Operating Expenses per Establishment

Revenue vs. Expenses Growth per Establishment

2009-2017 Historical Figures

Forecasts 2018 and the Next 5 Years

Page 25 - Operating Expense Detail

Employee Expenses

Property Expenses

Equipment Expenses

IT Expenses

Inventory Handling & Supplies Expenses

Miscellaneous Expenses

Page 26 - Productivity & Industry Employment

Revenue per Employee

Total Industry Employees

Employees per Firm

2009-2017 Historical Figures

Forecasts 2018 and the Next 5 Years

Page 27 - Employee Productivity by State

Revenue per Employee and State Rankings

Page 28 - Industry Payroll

Payroll per Employee

Payroll per Firm

Payroll per Establishment

2009-2017 Historical Figures

Forecasts 2018 and the Next 5 Years

Page 29 - Payroll by Size of Firm

Payroll per Firm

Payroll per Establishment

Payroll per Employee

2012 versus 2017

Page 30 - Payroll per Employee by State

Payroll per Employee and State Rankings

Page 31 - Job Categorization Benchmarks

Management & Finance

Sales & Marketing

Technology, Engineering, Science

Service, Support & Training

Operations

Percent of Industry Employees

Page 32 - Job Categorization Pay Ranges

Management & Finance

Sales, Service & Marketing

Operations

Pay Bands - Bottom 10% & 25%, Mean, Top 25% & 10%

Page 33 - Top 20 Jobs Breakdown

Percent of Total Employees

Page 34 - Top 20 Jobs Pay

Pay Bands - Bottom 10% & 25%, Mean, Top 25% & 10%

Page 35 - Total Employment by State

Number of Employees and State Rankings

Page 36 - Population to Every Employee by State

Number of Residents to Industry Employee

State Rankings

Page 37 - Overview of Kentley Insights

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